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The Deer Problem

fallow deer
Caring for the Land

Deer Advocacy – Status Report

To follow up on previous posts in the Oystercatcher, in the fall of 2021 the Conservancy began to more actively advocate with the provincial government to live up to its responsibility to deal with the hyperabundant populations of introduced Fallow deer and the native Blacktail deer.  The large numbers of Read more…

By Malcolm Inglis, 1 monthMay 26, 2022 ago
Caring for the Land

Urgent: Please Comment on the Government Hunting Survey

The Mayne Island Conservancy is asking its members and concerned community members to respond to the Government of BC’s survey regarding hunting regulations on Mayne Island. The deadline to respond to the survey is midnight on January 23. While the survey asks respondents to choose one of three options, we are Read more…

By Don Enright, 6 monthsJanuary 16, 2022 ago
Caring for the Land

Deer Management: Response from the Provincial Government

The following is the text from the response we received to our letter to the Minister regarding the management of overabundant deer on Mayne Island. Reference: 267889Dec 06 2021VIA EMAIL: info@conservancymayne.com Malcolm Inglis, PresidentMayne Island Conservancy SocietyPO Box 31Mayne Island, British ColumbiaVON 2J0 Dear Malcolm Inglis: Thank you for your Read more…

By Don Enright, 6 monthsJanuary 15, 2022 ago
fallow deer
Deer Problem Updates

Overabundant Deer: A Letter to the Province

In October, 2021 the Mayne Island Conservancy Board of Directors approved a policy regarding overabundant deer on Mayne Island. See the full policy here; below are some of its key points. The Mayne Island Conservancy has an important role to play by providing evidence-based information on the environmental impacts associated Read more…

By Malcolm Inglis, 8 monthsOctober 21, 2021 ago
Caring for the Land

Identifying Signs of Deer Overbrowsing

The Many, Many Deer of Mayne Island When driving down a Mayne Island road in the evenings, it’s common to see deer in the headlights – many, many deer. As with most of the Gulf Islands, Mayne has more deer than are ecologically sustainable. European colonization has reduced human hunting Read more…

By Katie Kushneryk, 9 monthsSeptember 23, 2021 ago
Event Recordings

A Return to Stewardship, March 24, 2021

Recording of the Zoom presentation “A Return to Stewardship: Indirect Human Effects on the Conservation of Native Species”, March 24, 2021. UBC Professor Dr. Peter Arcese  joined us for a discussion of the ecological impacts of exotic herbivores in the Southern Gulf Islands.

By Don Enright, 1 yearApril 6, 2021 ago
Red-flowered currant
Natural history

Have You Seen This Plant?

I moved to Mayne Island a short four years ago, and in my daily walks I quickly got into the habit of looking for some of the beautiful wildflowers and shubs that I had gotten to know in the Douglas fir forests of Vancouver Island. One of my favourites is Read more…

By Don Enright, 2 yearsApril 2, 2020 ago
Caring for the Land

Ecological Impact of Deer Overpopulation on Mayne Island

There are many more deer on Mayne Island now than in previous centuries. The evidence for that statement is available for anyone to see: most native plants on Mayne Island are decreasing in abundance as a result of deer browse. Have you seen sword fern with its tips chewed off? Read more…

By Rob Underhill, 3 yearsNovember 15, 2019 ago
Fallow deer, Heather Smithers
Caring for the Land

Report on Community Discussions of Deer Problems

September, 2013 – The question of re-establishing deer hunting on Mayne Island was brought to representatives of the Mayne Island Residents and Ratepayers Association and the Mayne Island Conservancy Society by the Provincial Fish and Wildlife Department who asked the Conservancy and MIRRA members to talk to the community members Read more…

By Malcolm Inglis, 9 yearsSeptember 19, 2013 ago
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